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The sacred scroll and the researcher's body: an autoethnography of Reform Jewish ritual

Ben-Lulu, Elazar

Journal of contemporary religion, 2022-05, Vol.37 (2), p.299-315 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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The sacred scroll and the researcher's body: an autoethnography of Reform Jewish ritual
Autor: Ben-Lulu, Elazar
Assuntos: Autoethnography ; body ; Habitus ; holiness ; Homosexuality ; Human body ; Judaism ; Reform Judaism ; Reforms ; Religion ; Religious identity ; ritual ; Rituals ; Sacredness ; Social order ; Traditions ; Unconsciousness
É parte de: Journal of contemporary religion, 2022-05, Vol.37 (2), p.299-315
Descrição: This article examines the relationship between the researcher's body and the Torah scroll (Sefer Torah) during participant observation of a Jewish holiday ritual in an Israeli Reform congregation. Using an autoethnographic approach, I show how the Reform Jewish ritual demonstrates that the body is a charged religious symbol and the bearer of family traditions and unconscious understandings of the social order. Through this encounter, I discovered how my position in fieldwork on religion is located at the intersection of my ethnographic discipline, my religious habitus, and my identity as a gay man. Reflexive analysis of my active and passive behavior during the observation offered an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the differences between myself and the congregation. Thus, I suggest that anthropologists, even when researching their culture, must be aware of the elements that make up their own identities.
Editor: Abingdon: Routledge
Idioma: Inglês

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